(1020) Arcadia

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(1020 ) Arcadia is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on March 7, 1924 in Heidelberg by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth.

The name of the asteroid is derived from the mythological place ( and the present province ) Arcadia in Greece.

The orbit has a semi-major axis of 2.7910 astronomical units and an orbital eccentricity of 0.0396. He moves at a distance of 2.6804 ( perihelion ) to 2.9016 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in a 4,663 around the sun. The orbit is inclined 4.05 ° to the ecliptic.